Novo Shares Gain As Wegovy Shows Big Edge Over Lilly’s Tirzepatide In Heart Study   Novo Nordisk shares rose in Copenhagen trading on Monday after the pharmaceutical giant reported on Sunday that its weight-loss drug Wegovy reduced the risk of heart attack, stroke, or death by 57% compared with tirzepatide, the active ingredient in Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro and Zepbound. The new findings come from a STEER real-world study, which […]

Mohammed Becomes Most Common Name Among Welfare Benefit Recipients In Germany Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, New figures released by Germany’s federal government have reshaped the rankings of citizen’s allowance recipients in the country, placing Mohammed and its many spelling variants at the top of the list. A recent government response to an Alternative for Germany (AfD) inquiry originally suggested that […]

Houthis Target Israeli-Owned Tanker As Retaliation For Slain Prime Minister In apparent retaliation for massive Israeli strikes which killed the Yemeni Houthi prime minister, Ahmed al-Rahawi, last week – who was the most senior Houthi official to have been slain in the ongoing conflict thus far, among other high ranking officials and commanders – the Houthi military has claimed responsibility for a missile attack on a tanker in […]

China Is Unlikely To Play A Major Role In The Ukrainian Endgame Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The most that China is expected to do is deploy peacekeepers together with other countries per a potentially forthcoming UNSC Resolution that would likely see these forces jointly patrol whatever the “Line of Contact” may be and monitor each side’s compliance with the ceasefire or peace treaty. Axios reported that […]

Canadian Hikers Get The COVID-Style Tyranny Treatment Authored by Jim Bovard Canadian politicians are creating one bonfire after another of freedom and individual rights. COVID crackdowns established persecution precedents that politicians in some provinces refuse to allow to gather dust. Politicians are claiming the right to financially cripple anyone who makes a single misstep in violation of the latest idiotic decrees. On […]

Europe Advancing ‘Precise’ Plans For Troops In Ukraine, Backstopped By US European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the Financial Times that European nations are developing detailed plans to potentially send troops to Ukraine as part of a future peace agreement, despite it being obvious to all the world that Moscow would never agree to this as a basis of peace or ceasefire. Hawkish European leaders continue to claim […]

Labored Daze Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, In the labored daze of AI hype and GDP “growth,” few seem to notice the workforce is tired of being exploited as an uncomplaining resource. “Great Powers” claim their greatness on prestige technologies and military force, but how do they measure up if we change the metrics to how they treat their workforces. How great are they then? China and the U.S. claim the […]

Electromagnetic Weapon Destroys Drone Swarm In Seconds: ‘Singularity Event’ Drones have quickly become all the rage among military leaders and Silicon Valley investors, but new weaponry could threaten the nascent technology’s swift rise. Last Tuesday, defense contractor Epirus quietly tested its latest electromagnetic weapon, Leonidas, against a swarm of 49 quadcopters, neutralizing them in seconds at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, […]

US To Deploy Controversial Typhon Missile System To Japan For First Time Authored by Dave DeCamp via Antiwar.com, Russia and China strongly condemned the deployment of the Typhon, which would have been banned by the now-defunct INF Treaty… The US Army announced on Friday that it will be deploying the controversial Typhon missile system to Japan for drills in September, a move strongly condemned by Russia and China. The […]

AI & The New Frontier Of Torts: ChatGPT Faces Claims Of Suicide, Defamation, & Even Murder Authored by Jonathan Turley, “I know what you’re asking, and I won’t look away from it.” Those final words to a California teenager about to commit suicide were not from some manipulative friend in high school or sadistic voyeur on the Internet.  Adam Raine, 16, was speaking to ChatGPT, an AI system that has replaced human […]

Ukraine War To Drag On With No End In Sight: Germany’s Merz Hawkish European leaders continue to speak in terms of Cold War-era domino theory nonsense, with the assumption that Russia aims to take over European countries one by one. This is exactly how German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sounded in telling German public broadcaster ZDF on Sunday that Ukraine has to be defended, and not compromise, or else Germany could be next to be […]

Why ‘Eating The Rich’ Undermines Everyone’s Prosperity Authored by David Hebert via TheDailyEconomy.org, A recent report from The Heritage Foundation argues that “the wealthy” are not “idle idols” but are instead owners and investors of wealth-creating ventures. Through their ownership of productive assets, they are the driving force behind overall wealth creation in the country and, in some cases, the world.  The […]

Isolation, They Said: Xi Embraces Putin & Modi In Major China Summit – Trump Responds The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, held from August 31 to September 1, was clearly an economic ‘show of force’ aimed at the West, which included the typical formal greetings and speeches, and group photos – but also with some not so subtle messaging. Amid the chummy atmosphere which saw Presidents Xi, Modi, and […]

The Progressive Pantheon Of Pathetic Heroes Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, American left-wing heroes are proving to be a creepy bunch. So what do some of the most renowned “resistance” left-wing heroes have in common other than shared hatred of conservative America? They are either criminals, pathological liars, or self-described performance-art victims. Take Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the current face […]

Gorka Steamrolls CNN’s Keilar: Exposes Trans-Shooter Epidemic And Anti-Christian Ideology In Fiery Clash Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Brianna Keilar thought she had Seb Gorka cornered. Instead, she got STEAMROLLED with the facts. Gorka said the quiet part OUT LOUD about the transgender shooter epidemic and the anti-Christian ideology that’s fueling it. Then he dropped the HAMMER: “Forgive me if I don’t go […]

South African Politician Who Called For Killing White Farmers Convicted On Hate Speech Charges It was the White House ambush that shocked the world.  A South African delegation headed by president Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Washington DC with big grins and smug confidence, ready to milk the American taxpayer for even more foreign aid.  What they received instead was thorough embarrassment. Trump confronted Ramaphosa on the issue […]

AI & ‘The End Of Labor’ Day Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Back to School “We are living in what I call the 3rd Arc of American history, a period as consequential as the American Revolution and the U.S. Civil War.” – Gen. Michael Flynn Yellowed leaves were already dropping here in August with the lack of rain and tomatoes won’t turn red when the air hits the mid-forties at dawn. Summer is trying hard to end, though […]

“I Want The Answer”: Trump Demands Pfizer Prove mRNA Jabs Work Late last month a CDC advisory committee launched a review into the “safety, effectiveness, and immunogenicity” of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as whether mRNA remains in the body longer than advertised.  As part of the review, they will look at gaps in existing knowledge “relating to bio distribution, pharmacokinetics, and persistence of the spike protein, mRNA, […]

Israel And The West Set The Stage For Next Round Of Warfare On Iran Via Brian McGlinchey at Stark Realities Peace-loving people throughout the world breathed a sigh of relief when the Israeli-American war on Iran ended in June after 12 days, with President Trump racing to triumphantly declare US strikes had “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program. While his rhetoric suggested he wanted Israel and the world to view the US […]

Before Leisurely Picnics And Parades, Labor Day Was Born Out Of Strife Authored by Jeff Louderbeck via The Epoch Times, Marking the unofficial end of summer, Labor Day has long been highlighted by parades, backyard barbecues, and leisurely pursuits. However, the national holiday’s origins reflect a darker time for workers and include unrest over oppressive working conditions and a strike that turned violent. During the […]

Trump Declares D.C. “Crime-Free Zone,” Urges Leftist Mayors To Join Him On Restoring Law & Order On Sunday, President Donald Trump declared on Truth Social that Washington, D.C., had become a “crime-free zone” in just a matter of weeks. This follows years of failed social-justice policies that backfired and ignited a violent crime tsunami across the nation’s capital and just north in still crime-ridden Baltimore City.  […]

Illinois Gov Launches Historic LGBTQ Hotline For ‘Persecuted’ Rainbow People Authored by Benjamin Bartee via PJMedia.com, Because Illinois apparently doesn’t have any more pressing matters of governance to attend to, such as rampant gun crime in the city of Chicago, Governor JB Pritzker recently announced a historic, “first of its kind” “legal hotline that expands access to legal information and support for LGBTQIA+ […]

Key Events This Week: Jobs, Jolts, ISM, And Fed Speakers Galore After a strong August, DB’s Peter Sidorov writes that risk assets are starting September on a more tentative footing as Friday’s tech-led sell off on Wall Street has continued across most of Asia this morning although it has since stabilized. With rising Fed rate cut pricing supporting markets of late, investors will be keenly watching whether this is validated by the […]

Man Found Dead At Burning Man Sparks Homicide Investigation Tens of thousands of people descended on a dry lakebed in Nevada over the past week, ending this weekend with the burning of a massive wooden sculpture shaped like a man. It was at that point, on Saturday night, that a man was found dead in a pool of blood, with authorities investigating it as a homicide. This is believed to be the first suspected homicide since Burning Man […]

Futures Flat As Silver Soars To 11 Year High US equity futures are flat, with cash markets of course closed for Labor Day holiday, stabilizing after Friday’s selloff in tech stocks amid renewed Nvidia jitters, and setting a steadier tone at the start of a month that could bring plenty of tests to markets trading near record highs. S&P futures were unchanged with Nasdaq futures rising 0.1% to start a traditionally brutal month […]